See also:

• CUSHION (from O. Fr. coisson, coussin; according to the New English Dict., from Lat. coxa, a hip; others say from Lat. culcita, a quilt)

CUSHION (from O. Fr. coisson, coussin; according to the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English Dict., from See also:

• LAT

Lat. coxa, a See also:

• HIP

hip; others say from Lat. culcita, a See also:

• QUILT

quilt)  , a soft bag of some ornamental material, stuffed with See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair, feathers, or even See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper torn into fragments . It maybe used for sitting or kneeling upon, or to soften the hardness or angularity of a See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair or See also:

• COUCH, DARIUS NASH (1822-1897)

couch . It is a very See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, the inventories of the contents of palaces and See also:

• GREAT

great houses in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages constantly making mention of it . It was then often of great See also:

• SIZE

size, covered with See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, and See also:

• FIRM

firm enough to serve as a seat, but the steady tendency of all furniture has been to grow smaller . It was, indeed, used as a seat, at all events in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, at a very much later See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, and in See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon's See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time we find that at the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court it was still regarded as a peculiarly See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable substitute for a chair . In France the right to kneel upon a See also:

• CUSHION (from O. Fr. coisson, coussin; according to the New English Dict., from Lat. coxa, a hip; others say from Lat. culcita, a quilt)

cushion in See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church behind the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king was jealously guarded and strictly regulated, as we may learn again from Saint-Simon . This type of cushion was calleda carreau or square . When seats were See also:

• RUDE, FRANCOIS (1784–1855)

rude and hard the cushion may have been' a See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity; it is now one of the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor luxuries of See also:

• LIFE

life . The See also:

• TERM

term " cushion " is given in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture to the sides of the Ionic See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . It is also applied to an early and See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the Romanesque capitals of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, which consist of cubical masses, square at the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top and rounded off at the four corners, so as to reduce the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter to a circle of the same size as the See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft .